%0 Journal Article
%T Brief report comparing the Scale of Emotional Development - Short (SED-S) with other scales for emotional development.
%A Sappok T
%A Morisse F
%A Flachsmeyer M
%A Vandevelde S
%A Ilic M
%A Barrett BF
%J J Intellect Disabil Res
%V 67
%N 10
%D 2023 10 6
%M 37671698
%F 3.646
%R 10.1111/jir.13081
%X Different instruments were devised for assessing emotional development (ED) level in persons with an intellectual disability (ID), that is, the Scale of Emotional Development - Short (SED-S), the Scheme for Appraisal of Emotional Development (SAED), the Scale for Emotional Development - Second Revision (SED-R2 ) and the Schaal voor Emotionele Ontwikkeling - Lukas (SEO-Lukas). The aim of this study was to compare the level of emotional functioning as assessed with the SED-S with the SAED, SED-R2 and SEO-Lukas.<BR>Emotional development was measured in adults with ID with the SED-S (N = 186) and the SAED (n = 85), the SED-R2 (n = 50) and the SEO-Lukas (n = 51). Correlation analysis and Cohen's kappas were calculated between the SED-S and the three respective scales. Internal consistencies (Cronbach's alpha) of the four scales were determined.<BR>The SED-S results correlated most with the SEO-Lukas (γ = 1; кω = 0.936) followed by the SAED (γ = 0.809; кω = 0.343) and least by the SED-R2 (γ = 0.665; кω = 0.182). The stage of ED assessed with the SED-S was lower than the ED results measured with the SAED, but higher than with the SED-R2 and most similar to the SEO-Lukas. Cronbach's alphas were high, ranging from 0.853 to 0.975.<BR>Given the respective differences between the scales, the SED-S may equalise the results as compared with previous versions.